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- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Starting Lineup: No Reservations
Illustrations by Drue Wagner The Company The Founder The Pitch The News EatWith CEO Susan Kim (MBA 2003) Founded 2012 This online marketplace allows cooks to sell seats at their dinner tables. TripAdvisor is the latest investor in this social-dining service, which... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
An investment in meaningful results
Ending poverty in New York City is a monumental goal, but as president and chief operating officer of a modern-day nonprofit that bears the legendary moniker Robin Hood, Deborah Winshel (MBA 1985) uses her business acumen to effect social... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Empowering Japan through e-commerce
hundreds of cases, a light clicked on. “It was in an HBS classroom that I first considered starting my own company,” he says. Rakuten operates e-commerce businesses in 13 countries, spearheaded a $100 million investment in Pinterest, and recently acquired eReader Kobo,... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Addressing the housing needs of India’s poor
Rakhi Mehra (MBA 2009) is enabling a growing number of India’s 82 million urban poor households to have structurally safe and well-ventilated homes through the enterprise she cofounded, micro Home Solutions (mHS) City Lab. Winner of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
financial district of Brooklin to the favelas of Real Parque. Cars buzz by. "See here?" she says, pointing to the bridge. At 6:30 p.m. on most days, it is a sea of snarled traffic, a city hallmark. But when Brazil's national team kicks... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Starting Lineup: Power Plays
by Business Insider in December, Callida’s implementation at a city municipal building resulted in a 31 percent reduction in HVAC use and costs. Oscilla Power Cofounder and CEO Rahul Shendure (MBA 2001); Founded 2010 Harnessing the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
For the Records
morning in February, Kelleher is in Waterloo mode. She scores a downtown parking space and walks over to Austin City Hall with the distinct sound of purpose that cowboy boots bestow. Her meeting is at 9:30—but first she’ll need coffee.... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
New HBS Alumni Board Members
Toronto in 1979. Davies, who now lives in New York City with her husband and two teenage daughters, serves on the boards of the Public Education Association and Arts Connection. A native of Mexico, Alfredo ("Tito") Elias, Jr. (MBA '75),... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Professor Thomas Kennedy Remembered
became a full-time visiting professor at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, where students established the Thomas Kennedy Outstanding Teacher Award in his honor. He also remained active as an arbitrator, working as recently as 1994 on cases involving the View Details
- 09 Dec 2020
- News
How to Fix America
cities in America.” Choudhury also notes that the country must address issues in its immigration system, which has already caused the country lose talent to Canada. “The new administration should stop this outflux of talent,” says... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Importance of Philanthropy
Regional Research Centers and Offices: This global network in 14 cities helps HBS faculty develop new cases and courses and facilitates opportunities for students and faculty members to gain firsthand exposure to new ideas and business... View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Turning Troubled Schools into High-Achievers
think about my own education in K-12, I know that I am really fortunate to have received an excellent education. So really, when I wake up every day today, I want to make sure that every single child in the city of Boston and in the state... View Details
- 23 Feb 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot
what Motley calls “the grand plan.” After HBS, he spent two decades working for the chemical, glass, and coatings company PPG Industries, living in eight cities along the way. He finished his corporate career at the Pittsburgh-based... View Details
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- 08 May 2019
- News
Fellowships Fuel a Passion to Help Underserved Communities
coursework, Asamoah has served as a student consultant for the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she analyzed how Grand Rapids, Michigan, could increase workforce diversity. As a summer intern... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Proposed Chair Would Honor African-American Business Pioneer
At a special reception in New York City in early March, a distinguished group of friends, relatives, and admirers of the late H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33) gathered at the home of Richard H. Jenrette (MBA '57) to consider plans for the... View Details
- 26 Jun 2017
- News
Behind the Scenes at an HBS Short Program
spend your life flying from city to city? Harvard Business School doesn’t shy away from that kind of stuff, because it’s necessary. That is why you came here – things need to be thorough – with no stone left unturned.” Read more about his... View Details
- 05 May 2017
- News
Barnes & Noble Names Demos Parneros CEO
gone,” he said. Parneros comes to the job with a long career in retail: Born in Cyprus, Mr. Parneros moved to New York City when he was in elementary school and spoke no English when he arrived. He attended New York University and joined... View Details
- 09 Feb 2015
- News
Remembering John Whitehead (MBA 1947)
later as deputy secretary of state; guided the citizens of New York City through the protracted process of rebuilding and revitalizing following the terrorist attacks of 2001; and applied his philanthropic principles and vision at HBS in... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Accelerating Allston
managing director at Bain Capital. “It’s so incredibly important to the future of Harvard, the city of Boston, and the entire state of Massachusetts. When John Paulson made his transformative gift, the light underneath the project really... View Details
- 10 Nov 2018
- News
The 71-Year-Old Ultramarathoner
Ultramarathoner Eric Spector (MBA 1972) got a late start on the sport. As detailed in a recent Wall Street Journal article, Spector started running while living in Manhattan, competing in his first New York City Marathon in 1979, but... View Details